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Definition of emit in English:

emit

verb

‘Classical mechanics could not accurately predict the spectrum of radiation emitted by a heated body.’

‘Basically when a polished plate is exposed to electromagnetic radiation, it may emit electrons.’

‘When that happens, the particle emits radiation in the form of a ‘shock wave’, widely known as Cerenkov radiation.’

‘Now he believes that anything emitted from a black hole can be identifiable back to its source.’

‘Diesel-fuelled vehicles are not included among the better buys as particles emitted are a threat to health.’

‘A radioactive source will emit these radiations at various frequencies, depending on its activity and its decay mode.’

‘As part of their normal operations, nuclear reactors routinely emit radioactive gases and particles into the air.’

‘Police declined to comment, but a local resident reached by telephone told Reuters that a woman who got off shortly before the explosion said she saw a man board the bus carrying a plastic container emitting smoke.’

‘The intensity of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source varies as a function of both frequency and direction.’

‘The two new atoms then emit gamma radiation as they settle into their new states.’

‘The neutron bombardment transforms certain isotopes of the elements into radioactive species which then emit gamma rays.’

‘And if they did spiral in, electrons would emit electromagnetic radiation, including light, across a continuous range of frequencies.’

‘Even though the electron is in constant motion, it does not emit electromagnetic radiation from a stationary state.’

‘When something is hot, it emits electromagnetic radiation.’

‘According to the equations, black holes appeared to be emitting radiation.’

‘In this model the gamma rays are emitted as synchrotron radiation by electrons that are accelerated to much lower energies.’

‘In some patients, the tremors that characterize the disease actually worsened, possibly because the transplanted cells were emitting too much dopamine.’

‘At a synchrotron radiation source, electrons emit radiation as they are guided by magnets around a storage ring.’